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4 Reais 4th World Cup Championship
| Issuer | Banco Central do Brasil |
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| Year | 1994 |
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| Value | 4 Reais |
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| Obverse description | Central design depicts a pair of hands triumphantly raising the FIFA World Cup trophy against a stylized goalnet background, rendered in high relief against a mirror-polished proof field. To the left, the Brazilian national flag is shown unfurled. The arc legend CAMPEÃO MUNDIAL DE FUTEBOL curves along the upper periphery, while BRASIL appears in the lower left field. The four championship years are inscribed along the right field, each preceded by a five-pointed star: ★1994, ★1970, ★1962, and ★1958, with the date ★1994 also appearing prominently at the base of the design. |
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| Obverse lettering | CAMPEÃO MUNDIAL DE FUTEBOL BRASIL ⋆1994, ⋆1970, ⋆1962, ⋆1958 (Translation: World Soccer Champion Brazil ⋆1994, ⋆1970, ⋆1962, ⋆1958) |
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Brazil's fourth World Cup title came in the United States in 1994, ending a 24-year drought since the 1970 Mexico triumph. The Banco Central issued this piece as part of a broader commemorative program that coincided with the Real Plan — the Plano Real — launched that same July, which replaced the cruzeiro real and finally broke the back of inflation that had plagued the country for over a decade. The timing was deliberate: a monetary relaunch paired with a national championship made for unusually pointed institutional symbolism.
Bentes catalogs this under C12, distinguishing it from related issues in the same World Cup series.